Focus on Jeong Yak-yong: The “Heart” Behind the Great Thinker
“Joseon Korea was repeatedly laid to waste, expos[ing] long-accepted abuses of power and privilege, gross inequities in society, and the inefficiency of established institutions.”
Category: Features
Painting the Co-existence of Contradictions: Interview with Lee Doohwan
“Living an isolated life with little interaction with others, I painted dark self-portraits of me trapped in loneliness.”
NINE: An Interview with Its Author J.D. Wabe
“This is a metaphorical reflection of how I see the metamorphosis of my life.”
Jeolla and the Nosa School: Combatting Western Influence
We often think of Korea’s neo-Confucianism of Joseon Dynasty times as a singular concept, but in actuality, it was more of an umbrella term for the differing schools of thought that existed simultaneously as well as those that developed sequentially during Joseon times. One of these schools of neo-Confucian thought was that of the Nosa School, developed in the Jeolla area by Ki Jeong-jin.
“The Most Personal Is the Most Creative”: Talking with Artist Kim Mi-ae
“This is my mission: to find the beauty in women as being strong, confident, and challenging.”
Thank You for Not Smoking
To be free from the need to hack butts to get a nic-fix is a wonderful thing.
The Donghak Peasant Rebellion: A Bloody Chapter in Jeolla History
“It was not only one of the fiercest struggles by commoners for democratic reforms, but it was also the beginning of the anti-Japanese movement.”
The Group 4: Art is Dead
“Art in all its forms is also a means of education while addressing the social issues our society faces today.”